Natural Gas News – January 26, 2026

Natural Gas News - January 26, 2026

Mansfield Market Assessment

We've seen unprecedented moves in the Natural Gas space over the weekend and continuing to today. The front month contract is trading over $6.00, but more importantly, we are seeing the summer move up as well. There is chatter in the weather community that February is going to be colder than normal so storage levels will draw down to very low levels. The marginal Producer is pricing around $4 dollars, so we probably need the summer to move up another $0.20 to $0.40 cents to incentivize new production to come online.

Natural Gas Prices Surge as Arctic Blast Grips Nation

U.S. natural gas prices surged above $6 for the first time since late 2022 on Monday as a huge winter storm swept across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and forcing mass flight cancellations. Natural gas futures for February delivery traded 17.7% higher, or 93 cents, to $6.21 per million British thermal units at 11:46 a.m. London time (6:46 a.m. ET), notching a new 52-week high… For More info go to https://tinyurl.com/ytr34zr7